by people who are close allies of his on the hill. he also, the president has very poor relationships with other leaders of the justice department and namely attorney general jeff sessions who has been in his crosshairs for months now. rosenstein is right there with him, john and poppy. >> abbey phillips at the white house. thank you much. >> i'm poppy harlow. >> i'm john berman. kate bolduan starts now. >>. ♪ ♪ hello, everyone, i'm kate bolduan, any minute now we will hear from president trump and by the looks of his twitter feed this morning he could have a lot to say. we will bring that to you live as it's turning into a choose your own adventure kind of morning. the president facing questions on multiple fronts, including could he face a subpoena. special counsel robert mueller dropped the niek in a meeting with the trump lawyer and if the

president issues an interview, it could be before the grand jury and minutes ago, another attack by the president on the justice department. then there's the question, what is the president going to do about his doctor. the president's physician of 35 years, the apparent author of the infamous clean bill of health that trump received during the campaign now says he didn't write that at all and accuses the white house of raiding his office. plus then there's the question of what the president is going to do about the iran deal. any moment, president trump will be at the state department for the very first time and to swear in his new secretary of state mike pompeo, the president's remarks will be parsed here for any clues of whether he's in or out. let's begin with the state department. michelle kosinski is joining us now. mike pompeo has said that he promises to bring the swagger back to the state department. >> what does that look like?

>> this is a mega swearing in with president trump on his way now. we have a harpist playing "what a wonderful world" as people arrive to this. in case you don't remember, none of this happened for secretary of state rex tillerson and this morning when i asked the white house what makes president trump want to come here for this and having not done this for tillerson, they will say only he just wanted to be there. this tells you how much the white house loves mike pompeo right now. the president sees him as being in lockstep and sees him as a good ally. i've talked to people who have seen trump and pompeo interacting in the same space and one of them described pompeo as master portfolio in the way he handles president bush, the way he approaches him in a relaxed way. he can talk with him easily. he doesn't suck up to him, and i think president trump respects not only his point of view, but

the way he treats the president. that's what people here at the state department, they've been through a lot and we can say that the morale here is at an abysmally low point. it almost seems traumatic. so many people have left the state department. some of them after spending decades here because they didn't feel it going in the right direction. so for those who are here, many of them feel relief like someone is coming in who wants to be forward leaning, dynamic, visible secretary of state and he wants to bring the press in and he wants to make things work and deliver clear messages of what exactly the missions are. that's what people want. these career people are not what some would say obama-era ho holdovers. many people here have been through multiple administrations and i want to say there are plenty of state department amies

that mike pompeo is a political appointee. he has no foreign policy experience. they worry about how much he'll be just a yesman for president trump's policies and they worry about what he has said about gay people and muslims and statements he did not back away from during his confirmation hearing. >> of course, there is a wait and see, what is this going to be like element for it and not only publicly is he saying the right things about diplomacy, but behind the scenes he's doing the right things in listening to people, kate. >> michelle, we're all standing by. the harpist is lulling me into sedation here as i listen to it behind you. we'll bring it to you live as the president is making remarks after the ceremonial swearing in of mike pompeo. as we wait, joining me right now is chris cillizza, editor-at-large, elise labott,

and cnn's global affairs correspondent, and don't let the harpist distract you! let's get to it. mike pompeo has made very clear that he's a very different type of secretary of state than rex tillerson. what type of secretary of state do you see him being? >> michelle is exactly right. the administration has been suffering from post traumatic disorder and he made a quick trip right out of the box going first to europe which is critical to nato and then to the middle east and then speaking to state department employees just the other day and really giving him a quick pep talk and making it clear that the state department will be back at the center of our foreign policy and he'll energize diplomacy. he's done everything right, initially. the fact that the president is going to reinforce pompeo today also speaks volumes. so for folks in the state department this is a big deal

because it means that the state department is back internally and externally, and they'll be heard in the administration and externally because our foreign interlo int interloquitor. and at least symbolically and in terms of reenergizing the department this is a good thing. >> well, you can probably say it, mike pompeo speaks to the president until he doesn't seems to be how it is when it comes to every cabinet secretary. chris, the fact that the president is making this his first trip to the state department, what does that say? >> tony's right. i don't think you can overestimate the extent to which rex tillerson struggled because it quickly became apparent that the power he thought he had, donald trump didn't think he had and donald trump didn't see him as sort of the extension of his policies in other countries.

so tillerson is in the untenable position and mike pompeo was chosen for this job in no small part because of his loyalty to donald trump, and his ability as michelle mentioned in the open, to manage donald trump effectively and figure out where you can push donald trump and where you can't. people say that may not be a good thing and that is a concern on the policy front, but i will tell you from a political standpoint, having someone who leaders around the world understand is a close confidant and ally of the president is important. you mentioned kate, the president is very mercurial. ally today or enemy tomorrow or target of tweet tomorrow so who knows beyond today, but there is a clear attempt from the president being there and michelle mentioned the cabinet members being there and what trump has said about pompeo is a clear attempt to say this is my

guy and is going to be my guy going forward. >> elise, mike pompeo has said multiple times that he wants the state department to get its swagger back. what does that mean? >> well, in effect that it will have a part in the policy process. before you have secretary tillerson that was really not a voice. he was, in fact, against many of the president's approximately se policies and was vocal about that and side lined in many ways and in addition to all of that and the unfilled positions the state department lost its relevance and that's what he means by swagger. i will say as his first official act as secretary of state, he lifted a hiring freeze and that seems like something very small and they do have odd jobs at the

embassy and they serve important functions and it's also a way for spouses to get overseas and feel useful and that was a very unpopular move when secretary tillerson froze that. he came in and said i'm unfreezing it and we'll get the state department working again and he has to fill some of these positions and he did ask the president to come over and it was a joint decision according to sources close to him to show the president's support for the diplomat diplomatic corps, and he will improve the president's respect for the state department and that's what sources close to secretary pompeo hope and expect. >> i want to continue to ask about the vacancies. months ago, donald trump said i'm the only one that matters. that still always rings in my head. stand by. stick with me. we'll watch this and bring you

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slapback from president trump. special counsel robert mueller has floated the possibility of a subpoena for trump if he doesn't answer questions voluntarily in the russia probe. if that happened it could mean an epic showdown pressing the limits of presidential power. and the slapback. president trump repeating his hoax and witch hunt moniker and calling the idea of obstruction of justice a setup and trap and the president follied up by claiming questions, we assume mueller's questions are an intrusion of the president's constitutional powers and he then called the system rigged and he might have no choice, but to get involved on many issue, it seems. kaitlan collins is at the white house with more. kaitlan, what are you hearing about the trump team's plan when it comes this possible subpoena? >> reporter: kate, they are preparing for the very real possibility that this could happen and they're making the gamble that the special counsel

robert mueller won't go as far as to issue a subpoena for the president. some say if he does issue the subpoena the president will be ordered to comply by the court and others say he could fight that subpoena all of the way up to the supreme court and this is all back to the main question of whether or not he will sit down with the special counsel face to face. if he doesn't, this could get ugly and it could lead up to this big legal showdown and the president was pretty eager to sit down with robert muler and now those chances seem more and more slim and the closer and closer we get to this and one thing we should note is that the president's legal team is making the argument that they don't believe the special counsel has the authority to require the president to go before a grand jury, but i would like to know one more thing, kate. over the past two months we've seen the president's legal team tell us that it's coming to an end and now they're thinking that time is on their side here and that the president has

actually done a good job of discrediting not only the investigators and also the investigation overall. >> can you also tell me, though, kaitlan, going back to the president's twitter feed, he just tweeted out another attack of the justice department. what is this one about? >> this is the long-running feud between the house freedom caucus and the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. they requested these documents from him and he's not complying fast enough and the department of justice is not complying fast enough and one of those is related to the fisa warrant for carter page, the former campaign aid. the president saying it was a rigged system and he does not want to turn over documents to congress. what are they arc trade of? he said at some point, and this is the key line here, kate, i want -- >> i am interrupting you only for one person right now. president donald trump at the state department for the swearing in of mike pompeo as secretary of state. let's listen in.

[ applause ] >> i must say that's more spirit that i've heard from the state department in many years, maybe many decades. it will be a fantastic start and a fantastic day and that spirit will only be magnified only with this person right here, and i know that for a fact so thank you all for being here. it's great to be with you, the extraordinary men and women of the state department. we are profoundly grateful for everything that you do for our country. you will be doing things that you don't even know about. right now they're not even a glimmer in your eye, but -- and we have a couple going, mike, right now that a lot of people don't know about that are very, very encouraging. i also want to thank vice president pence and the many members of my cabinet for joining us this morning.

we are here to celebrate the swearing in of america's new secretary of state mike pompeo. [ applause ] >> this day is a testament to your exceptional skill, mike, the skill and service that's been honed over a life time no matter where you went. we are joined by mike's wife susan and his son nick, and i want to thank you both for sharing this wonderful moment with us all. thank you very much. thank you. [ applause ] >> mike is a true american patriot. he has devoted many years of his life to defending america beginning when he entered west point, and as you all heard, he

entered at 18 and ended up graduating first in his class. i heard that rumor a long time ago. i thought it was a rumor, and i've heard it so many times, i was first at my class at the wharton school of finance, and sometimes when you hear it you don't say anything. you just let it go, but i heard it with him, and being first in your class at west point, because i know, that's a big deal. first, is that true? yeah. so i started bringing it up. i brought it up about four weeks ago, right, david? and after that, everybody brings it up so i don't have to say it anymore. he was actually first in his class at west point, and soon he was deployed to germany where he served as calvary officer prior to the fall of the berlin wall. after leaving active duty service mike graduated from harvard law school with high honors. great student. mike was elected to congress in 2010 by the people of the fourth

district of a great state, kansas. right? [ applause ] >> it is. and how he distinguished himself as a member of intelligence committee. for the last 15 months mike served our nation as the director of the central intelligence agency where i can tell you they have such respect for him it's unbelievable. they may be the only people that are not very happy right now, but they'll be happy. they'll be happy with our gina who is here today and his exceptional leadership of the cia earned the admiration of his congress and the cabinet and the congress and the intelligence community as well as the foreign allies and partners. mark has also earned my deepest respect and admiration and trust and you will see why over the coming years, probably over the coming months.

i have absolute confidence that he will do an incredible job as the nation's 70th secretary of state. as mike travels the world he will carry out the greatest mission and highest duty of the state department to represent the interests of the american people. this mission includes overseeing more than 13,000 foreign service officers who act as our representatives to the world. 12,000 counselor, officers and administrator of just an incredible immigration system. a system that we will be changing and fixing and making better. a system that's under siege right now, but a system that will, in fact, hopefully be the talk of the world by the time we're finished. you have 3,500 security personnel and thousands more diplomats and embassy staffs and

civil servants and personnel, all of who play a vital role in advancing the safety and prosperity and all good things of the united states. very important people, great people. as president eisenhower said in 1953, make no mistake. the reason we have representatives around the world is to protect american interests. for nearly 230 years, the men and women of the united states' state department have proudly answered this call and now at this moment in time i can think of no better person to lead these dedicated public servants than our new secretary of state mike pompeo. secretary pompeo, congratulations again. i have no doubt that you will make america proud as our nation's chief diplomat. you're an exceptional guy, a

great friend and somebody that truly loves our country. we are really, really proud of you. i speak on behalf of everybody in this room and also on behalf of your family. thank you very much, mike, and congratulations. [ applause ] >> and now i'd like to ask vice president pence to administer the oath of office. thank you.

>> raise your right hand and repeat after me. i, michael pompeo do solemnly swear. >> i michael pompeo do solemnly swear. >> that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states. >> that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states. >> against all enemies foreign and domestic. >> against all enemies foreign and domestic. >> they will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. >> that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. >> they take this obligation freely. >> that i take this obligation freely. >> without mental reservation. >> for purpose of evasion. >> for purpose of evasion. >> and they will well and faithfully discharge the duties. >> they will well and faithfully discharge the duties. >> of the office upon which i am about to enter. >> of the office upon which i am about to enter. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> congratulations. [ cheers and applause ]

[ applause ] >> this is -- this is truly humbling. thank you very much, mr. president, for those kind words. thank you, mr. vice president for being here today to honor me by swearing me in. thank you, ambassador, and thank you so much for that invocation. i used to work for her for $7.50 an hour. it is a great honor to have so many distinguished guests here including my fellow cabinet secretaries and congress. mark green, i look forward to working with you. i want to first thank god for

this opportunity, and for the many blessings he has granted to me in my life. my wife susan and my son nick are two of the greatest of these. they are my number one fans most days, and they have shown unyielding support to me throughout my confirmation process than at any other stage of my public service career. i love you both very, very much. [ applause ] >> i want to thank john sullivan, deputy secretary sullivan. yeah. john, thank you. thank you for your service in this interim period. [ applause ] >> mr. president, i also want to say thank you to you. you have entrusted me with a weighty and awesome responsibility to serve the american people. first as the director of the cia

and now as the secretary of state. this responsibility becomes more sobering when we consider the many threats to the prosperity and liberty. i promise you, i will be unrelenting in confronting those threats. we will employ tough diplomacy when necessary to put the interest of the american people first. i will work to ensure their safety, to preserve their rights and defend their values and i will make sure that america is always a respected and principled leader on the world stage. [ applause ] >> we are but 15 months into this administration and we've made an outstanding progress by speaking the truth about the challenges we face, by confronting them head on, by partnering with strong, sovereign and independent nations to make america and the world more prosperous and secure. we put a hurt on the isis caliphate in iraq and syria.

we've done so by a great, diplomatic work. we're confronting all types of iranian hostility and are deciding on the next steps for the flawed jcpoa. we have real consequences on russia for its acts of aggression and we will soon move our embassy from israel to jerusalem years ahead of schedule. [ applause ] >> we are bringing fairness and reciprocity to our relationship with china and protecting our intellectual property from them, as well. [ applause ] >> and we saw in your meetings last weak with president macron and chancellor merkel, and time-honored alliances. >> right now we have an unprecedented opportunity to change the course of history on the korean peninsula. i underscore the word

opportunity. we're in the beginning stages of the work and the outcome is certainly yet unknown, but one thing is certain. this administration will not repeat the mistakes of the past. our eyes are wide open. it's time to solve this once and for all. that deal is not an option. the american people are counting on us to get this right. we are committed to the permanent, verifiable, irreversible dismantling of north korea's weapons of mass destruction program and to do so without delay. to my colleagues here, when i say we're going to do this i mean we. this is a team effort at the state department, and the whole of the united states government. mr. president, when you offered me the job to be the director of the cia i was honored to lead the world's finest intelligence corps, and i am incredibly honored and humbled by the opportunity to lead the world's finest diplomatic corps now. [ applause ]

>> mr. president, you read a great quote from the greatest president ever from kansas. it was a historic quote, but frankly, things haven't changed much since then. i've been an army officer, a congressman and director of the cia and now here at state. we have much to do, but in every position i've had i've witnessed the skills, expertise and patriotism of the foreign affairs professionals whether civil servant, civil service officer, political appointees or locally employed staff you lay it on the line to make sure america is safe, prosperous and free. thank you for that. [ applause ] >> as i've said and i want to elaborate more. i want the state department to get its swagger back. we need our men and women out at the front lines executing american diplomacy with great

vigor and energy to represent the finest nation in the history of civilization. we should be proud of that and i'm counting on you all to help communicate that in every corner of the world. mr. president, i have full confidence in my team here in washington and around the world under your leadership can and will execute that mission for the benefit of the american people, and i'm eager to work with you all to get that job done. you all know this is essential work. it's why you're here. it's why i'm here. i look forward to doing this together. thank you all so much for the warm welcome i've received in these first days. i can't wait to get after this with you. thank you again, mr. president, for your trust and your leadership and your faith in me. thank you. [ applause ] >> you're listening right there to the new secretary of state mike pompeo, his ceremonial swearing in happening at the

state department and remarks from the president beforehand and the secretary elaborating on what getting his swagger back, what he means by that. let me bring in elise labott and chris cillizza. what are you hearing there? >> four things came out at me, number one, the amount of cabinet members that were there and the fact that the president came, so much different than secretary tillerson and the president really wanting to show that mike pompeo is his man, and the fact that he learned a little bit and i've never heard the president speak this way about the state department in coming there and talking to the employees, he might have learned about what he said are extraordinary diplomat, too. mike pompeo spoke the president's language. he said he'll defend america and he'll gain the respect of allies overseas. he made clear that the president can trust that he will execute his foreign policy and mike pompeo talking to what he called

his team in his first e-mail to the state department, he called them a team and he signed it as mike and he said i need all of you, mr. president, i have confidence in my team, and i do think after the year and a half of secretary tillerson, low morale, i do think the president with secretary tillerson will take another look with secretary pompeo will be taking another look at the state department case. >> you've been very critical of the president about how he's treated the state department in their jobs around the world, and lowing that low morale or a ding toward his previous secretary of state in his staple, there's more spirit in the state department in year, maybe even decades. >> the president stuck to the script and spoke gracefully about mike pompeo, and secretary pompeo did the same thing particularly emphasizing at the end of his remarks and the team that he's leading and america's

security and prosperity. >> across the board, that was terrific. some of the contradictions are about to come up and bite the secretary and the administration. he emphasized, for example, the focus now on north korea which is good and there is an opportunity there and at the same time they're about to throw out the iran deal which in and of itself is a big mistake because it gives the hard liners an excuse for nuclear capacity without the inspectors on the ground to expose them, but worse, for the nuclear effort being made with north korea, it says to kim jong-un, it's not worth the paper it's written on and it sets the bar very high, to try to get a deal that surpasses the substance of the iran deal and very, very hard to do. the substance will be very tricky and symbolically today was a good day for the president and mike pompeo and most important from my perspective, from the state department. >> he didn't mince words when it

came to north korea. the bad deal is not a deal they're going to accept and we're going in with eyes wide open and we are committed to the verifiable, irreversible dismantling of the weapons of mass destruction program and will do so without delay, laying that down very clearly in those remarks, but chris, you also heard from the president speaking to the diplomats and the diplomatic corps. you are going to be doing things you don't even know about. they chuckled and i kind of wondered, is that a good thing? >> here's the thing. who knows what he's talking about? mike pompeo sort of laughed and i'm not sure he knows, he didn't follow it up with a you know, mike. just two things, the fact that donald trump was there in and of itself and gave a speech, important. two, the fact that he largely, that's the one exception, kate, we'll be doing things you don't even know about, but this is hard for him, and did not make it primarily about himself speaks to the fact that he

respects and likes mike pompeo. that can fade and that can fade quickly and as of right now this is one of the very few people that were not in donald trump's immediate inner circle during the campaign, and i think he legitimately likes, trusts and respects. >> it's kind of pro forma when the president is speaking to the state department, but i found surprising when he said he's profoundly grateful for everyone in the room and what they do and when he called them public servants. i've never heard the president speak like that, and i may have missed a tweet or two. this stuck out for me. >> thank you for joining us. a showdown with the special counsel. president trump's team is bracing for a possible subpoena. what does it mean legally? what does it mean politically? we'll be right back. whoooo.

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morning he spent quite a bit of time on twitter ripping and threatening -- ripping into and threatening his justice department over the russia investigation and just a short time ago he tweeted this, a rigged system. they don't want to turn over documents to congress. what are they afraid of? why so much redacting? why so much unequal, quote, unquote justice. at some point i will have no choice, but to use the given to the presidency. he called the department of justice a setup and a trap. cnn has learned that special counsel robert mueller has raised the possibility that trump could face a subpoena before the grand jury if he does not agree to answer questions voluntarily in the russia probe. so let's get to all of that if we can. joining me right now is jamil jaffer and cnn political director david chalian is here. let's start with the tweet from

the president. the powers granted to the presidency and get involved in the justice department. there's background here. republican lawmakers have now drafted articles of impeachment. they want documents and they think he's stonewalling and want documents regarding carter page, and regarding the clinton investigation and the robert mueller investigation and quite a few things and rod rosenstein has said the justice department won't be extorted and then the president tweets this. where does that leave things? >> of course, the president can simply order rosenstein to turn over the documents and whatever he wants and he can demand that rosenstein give him the documents and he can convene a special commission. the president has these to get over to congress and he can

speak to the justice department about the documents. it's a very odd situation. >> hold on just one second. i'm getting new information coming in from the control room. if you can stick with me for a second. we are breaking news coming in. it gets to this. a southwest airlines were chasing down new information about reports of a cracked window aboard a southwest airlines flight. that airline, of course, had the in-flight explosion that shattered a window and killed one passenger. i'll get over to alison kosik and she's gathering this information as it's coming in. allison, what are you picking up right now? >> we are learning that this window that we're seeing on the screen is on flight 957 heading from midway international airport in chicago and was heading to newark, new jersey, when they had to make an emergency landing in cleveland because of this broken window, the faa spokeswoman telling cnn that the flight landed in cleveland, ohio, after a report of an issue with a window

onboard the aircraft. the aircraft landed safely in chief land at cleveland hopkins international. we will get more details as they come available, but this coming really just less than a month after the incident that you mentioned april 17th where a southwest airlines plane had an engine explode and shrapnel going through the window mid-flight, killing a woman who was on the flight after partially sucking her out the window. ironically, the pilot of that amazing flight from last month appeared at the white house yesterday with some of the passengers from that flight who were courageous during that flight to help people calm down and to try to get that woman through the window back into the plane. they were recognized at the white house yesterday and today we are learning about this emergency landing in cleveland for flight 957 which as you can see on the screen there had a broken window during the flight. kate? >> allison, stick with me. i know you're trying to gather

more information and while we do that let me bring in mary schiavo, former inspector general at the department of transportation. mary, hearing that another incident has happened regardless is frightening, but when you see another image of a window, a cracked window on another southwest airline flight, what are your first questions here? >> well, obviously, the first question is how did the crack originate? i mean, there are many ways that they can start, but that's going to be the first question and of course, now the whole country knows how dangerous cracked windshields can be, whether it's a pilot windshield or passenger windshield. either can lead to what's called rapid decompression and the oxygen masks fall and if it's a serious rapid decompression, rarely, it can lead to the loss of the aircraft and that is a very serious problem as we now know because of the loss of life of the poor woman getting sucked

out of the window. you have two cracked windows on one particular carrier in a month, but you'll be looking at maintenance, as well. what's different? what occurred? why are we having this? it is also possible something hit it, and if that's the case you want to know what. >> absolutely. the good news that we have so far in gathering more information is that the flight has landed safely in cleveland, but when it comes to -- we know what the previous southwest airlines flight, the window broke and the passenger was partially sucked out of the window and this at least from the one image that we have looks like a cracked window and anyone that's flown, it does appear that there are multiple layers to the windows on a plane. that's right. there are multiple layers, but it's always a requirement and i've been on one, a small plane that had a cracked wind she would and it can be serious and it can be life-threatening, but you have multiple layers on the windows, but nonetheless, the

protocol and requirements are if you have a cracked window you must land the plane. they did the correct thing because you don't want it to escalate and you don't want something else to happen and that's what you're supposed to do and it appears they did what you're supposed to do. get on the ground. >> mary, if your experience have you seen cases of windows cracking without something hitting it to create that? >> yes. there can be -- and from time to time there are airway restrictions on particular models of window housings and the things around the window and there have been warnings on those that they could have defects, come loose, have problems and it can sometimes be caused by the actual window itself and sometimes it is caused by the housing around the window. sometimes it's caused by actual, you know, various parts that go into making it that are defective. it can have a lot of causes and it's sometimes not due to the

plane at all and sometimes the cause is the manufacturing of the window or housing around it and that could lead to problems aside from anything hitting it. >> stick with me if you could for a second. i'm getting more from alison kosik. >> linda holly took the picture of this cracked window. she was on this flight and through text messages with her son ryan we are learning this. the window on the plane cracked during flight. she said landing in cleveland to be safe. everything okay, but scary. swept heard a loud noise, a very large crack with the piece of window missing at bottom. >> she just said we just landed and everything is okay, and we are learning from a passenger on the plane it her son that the crack happened during the flight. kate? >> alison, i also think we're getting in a statement that we just obtained with southwest airline and the crew of 957 with

scheduled service from midway to newark made the decision for maintenance review of one of the multiple layers of a window pane. the flight landed uneventfully in cleveland and the aircraft has been taken out of service for maintenance review and our local cleveland employees are working diligently to accommodate the 76 >> mary, i hope you're still with me. i'm reading this and looking at this, i do recall with the southwest airlines flight of last month, after that happened, southwest made the move to speed up maintenance reviews and inspections of their planes, or at least part of the planes, right? >> that's right. but in this case, they have to take it out of service because a cracked window or missing piece of the window renders the aircraft unairworthy, meaning you can't fly it. now, whether this will lead to inspection of other aircraft will depend on what they know

about the window, if there were any warnings or the window or the housing, if there were any directives which are regulations from the government telling you that you should inspect certain things. so they'll look at, if there's any of that existent for this plane or housing or window, and if not, it doesn't matter, you cannot use the plane with a cracked window. it's unairworthy at this point. >> and no passenger wants to be this that plane any way. mary, thank you so much. we'll take a quick break and return with more information about this breaking news coming out from cleveland. a southwest airlines flight from midway to newark, new jersey, making an emergency landing because of what you see right there, a cracked window mid flight. what happened here? we'll gather more information. we'll be right back. otein in birds eye protein blends. ok. they're delicious side dishes with the protein of beans, whole grains... ...and veggies! mmm, good. my work here is dooooone!

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we're continuing to follow breaking news of an emergency landing of a southwest airlines flight. you see the cracked window on that flight that forced the landing. alison kosik has been following the details here. bring us up to date. >> reporter: this flight was heading from midway international airport in chicago to newark, new jersey, when it made an emergency landing at cleveland airport. this window cracked during flight. we are learning from one passenger who has texted her son. she said this happened right behind where she was sitting and across the aisle. a window on the plane cracked during flight. she said she heard a loud noise, it's a very large crack with a piece of window missing at the bottom. she texted her son that she landed and everything is okay, and that southwest airlines was putting her and the others on a

new plane. we did get a statement from southwest airlines saying the crew of flight 957 with scheduled service from chicago to newark made the decision to divert to cleveland for maintenance review of one of the multiple layers of a window pane. the plane landed in cleveland, the aircraft has been taken out of service, and employees are working to accommodate the 76 passengers and put them on a new aircraft. but this is startling to everybody. we all know what happened on april 17th during another southwest airlines flight, when an engine exploded, shrapnel going through a window, breaking that window, sucking one passenger partly out of the aircraft. she unfortunately died. but a lot of the passengers tried to get her back in. they were courageous during the flight. the pilot was recognized at the white house yesterday for her -- the courageous way she handled that flight and landed that flight in april. kate? >> alison, the text message that

the son was reading to you, the mother said there was a piece of the window missing, right? >> reporter: that is what she says. southwest airlines does talk about the multiple layers of the window. we have not confirmed if there is a piece missing. >> alison, thank you for bringing that to us. dana bash picks up after a quick break. (vo) what if this didn't have to happen? i didn't see it. (vo) what if we could go back? what if our car... could stop itself? in iihs front-end crash prevention testing, nobody beats the subaru impreza. not toyota. not honda. not ford. the subaru impreza. more than a car, it's a subaru. at t-mobile, we don't just see uniforms. we see the people behind them. so we're committed to helping veterans

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